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| Gone to Texas....... | ||||||
| Released in 1976, Eastwood would never top this outstanding film. There is a huge gap in quality between the endless amounts of Westerns - as such, I'm not a big fan of the genre. But The Outlaw Josey Wales is not only a great Western, it's a great film period. The cinematography is extremely mood setting, and the main characters have sincere believability -- very rare, indeed. The film comes from a novel called "Gone to Texas" by Cherokee storyteller Forrest Carter. Josey Wales (Eastwood) is a simple Missouri farmer. The end of civil war is nigh when Union soldiers raid his home, murdering his wife and child, and leaving him for dead. In one peaceful moment he's turning the earth for his fields, the next he's digging graves. Wales joins a group of Confederate guerrilla fighters who resist the inevitable surrender to the North. When the others give up so they can go home, Wales has no home to which to return, and his burning hatred remains. He cannot and will not submit. A rough foundation for the themes of absolution seen later in Eastwood's Unforgiven, The Outlaw Josey Wales establishes a personal struggle for our hero. He's uprooted not by choice but by circumstance. When Wales retrieves his pistol from his still-smouldering house, the farmer must learn marksmanship. He turns to violence for salvation. Only revenge will heal his wounds. Despite attempts to shrug off companionship he continually embraces community. Two Indians, Lone Watie (Chief Dan George) and Little Moonlight (Geraldine Keams), join his retreat from civilization. All in all, a great film. | ||||||
| Eastwood has the union army surrounded | ||||||
Cast: Clint Eastwood ... Josey Wales Josie Wales' family was murdered and his home burned by union redlegs, so he joins Bill Fletcher's border raiders on the confederate side of the war and does his share of getting even. When Fletcher turns in his men for money (except Wales) and they are all killed, Wales becomes an outlaw on the run from union authorities. They hunt him clear into Mexico, where things come to a head. Josie Wales single handedly surrounds the entire union army and the Indian nations. This is a good story, well acted by all concerned, and very well directed by Eastwood, as are all of his films. Joseph (Joe) Pierre | ||||||
| Josey Wales - Fastest gunslinger in the West! | ||||||
| Clint Eastwood's movie, The Outlaw Josey Wales, is a classic in the Western genre. This movie is one of the best Western movies that I have ever seen. The story of the movie goes like this. Josey Wales(Clint Eastwood) is a peaceful farmer in Missouri with a family in the middle of the Civil War. One day some Union Soldiers burn down his house (with his son in it) and kidnap his wife. Angry and Furious, Josey Wales joins some confederate guerillas and fights hard. When Confederacy surrenders, Josey Wales refuses and heads west. He travels to Texas and along the way picks up odd group: couple of Native Americans, an Old Grandmother, a beautiful woman and two servants. At the same time they are chased by Union soldiers. I will not reveal the story further. However, what makes this movie a classic is the depth and dimension to the characters and superb action. The character of Josey Wales is really complex. He turns from a peaceful farmer to a tobacco chewing, hell raising, gunslinger. However his humane side is seen through his hard attitude at times. He saves a native american girl from couple of scoundrels. He also saves travelers from another group of bandits. At the same time, he is a tobacco spitting hard man. Josey Wales spits on everything, from a scorpio to a union officer. The other characters are not as intensely developed, which is understandable since Josey Wales is the primary focus of the movie. The action in the movie is just amazing. I will summarize three great scenes which will make you, the reader, want to just watch the movie. In first scene Josey Wales is carrying food and confronted by four soldiers... In another one Josey Wales(and his six-shooter) all by himself is up against 10-15 bandits...In the last one, Josey Wales and his Six-shooter, go toe-to-toe against tens of horse-riding soldiers... I will leave the action for you to watch. Also this movie is directed by Eastwood himself. He is as good as a director as he is as an actor. FYI: This movie is based on the book "Gone to Texas". | ||||||
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